2014 Senior Open Championship

The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Senior Open Championship, held from 24–27 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

2014 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates24–27 July 2014
LocationPorthcawl, Wales
Course(s)Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71
Length6,901 yd (6,310 m)
Field144 players, 76 after cut
Cut149 (+7)
Prize fund$2,000,000
£1,250,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
266 (−18)
Royal Porthcawl 
Location in Wales

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second Senior Open Championship title and his fourth senior major championship victory.

Venue

The 2014 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2017.

Course layout

HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14274104004
23744113554
34514121943
44554135515
52123144354
65155151733
73814164664
81223174304
94564185045
Out3,39335In3,50836
Source:[1]Total6,90171

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 21 July for players who were not already exempt.

Nationalities in the field

North America (46)South America (5)Europe (76)Oceania (6)Asia (8)Africa (3)
 Canada (2) Argentina (4) England (40) Australia (5) Japan (6) South Africa (2)
 Mexico (2) Paraguay (1) Spain (6) New Zealand (1) Taiwan (1) Zimbabwe (1)
 United States (42) Scotland (8) Thailand (1)
 Wales (3)
 Ireland (4)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (1)
 France (3)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (2)
  Switzerland (2)
 Sweden (4)
 Northern Ireland (1)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bernhard Langer Germany201065666867266−181
Russ Cochran United States201174736772286+2T10
Tom Watson United States2003, 2005, 200774666977286+2T10
Fred Couples United States201271716878288+4T13
Bruce Vaughan United States200873697373288+4T13

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Mark Wiebe United States20137677153+11
Noboru Sugai Japan20028384167+25

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Bernhard Langer posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer Germany65−6
2Bob Tway United States67−4
3Chris Williams South Africa68−3
4Andrew Oldcorn Scotland69−2
T5Rick Gibson Canada70−1
Pedro Linhart Spain
T7Fred Couples United States71E
Scott Dunlap United States
Peter Fowler Australia
David Frost South Africa
Jeff Hart United States
Kenny Hutton Scotland
Steve Jones United States
Jamie Spence England
George Zahringer (a) United States

Second round

Friday 25 July 2014

Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131 (−11). Colin Montgomerie and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4). Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64 (−7), which included eight birdies and one bogey.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer Germany65-66=131−11
T2Colin Montgomerie Scotland72-66=138−4
Chris Williams South Africa68-70=138
4Pedro Linhart Spain70-69=139−3
T5Bob Tway United States66-71=140−2
Tom Watson United States74-66=140
T7Rick Gibson Canada70-71=141−1
Barry Lane England72-69=141
T9Fred Couples United States71-71=142E
Tom Pernice Jr. United States78-64=142
Bruce Vaughan United States73-69=142

Amateurs: Lutz (+2), Zahringer (+7), Reynard (+8), Ambridge (+17), Bell (+17), Kinghorn (+18), Lehew (+25), Gold (+26), Cooper (+32)

Third round

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68 (−3), and extended his lead to eight shots over Rick Gibson, who shot a 66 (−5). Colin Montgomerie fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 (+4) on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72 (+1).

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer Germany65-66-68=199−14
2Rick Gibson Canada70-71-66=207−6
3Bob Tway United States67-73-68=208−5
T4Scott Dunlap United States71-73-65=209−4
Tom Watson United States74-66-69=209
Chris Williams South Africa68-70-71=209
T7Fred Couples United States71-71-68=210−3
Barry Lane England72-69-69=210
Colin Montgomerie Scotland72-66-72=210
10Jeff Sluman United States73-71-67=211−2

Amateurs: Lutz (+4), Zahringer (+4)

Final round

Sunday, 27 July 2014

Bernhard Langer shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second Senior Open Championship by 13 strokes. Langer finished with a record score of −18, breaking the previous scoring record by one stroke, which had been held by Tom Watson and Carl Mason. Scoring was difficult on Sunday as only 10 players broke par during the final round, and Langer's four-under-par 67 was the lowest score of the day. Colin Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 (+1) with a final round 69 (−2), finishing in second place. Rick Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies. Bob Tway also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76 (+5), which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole. Dunlap, Watson, Williams, and Couples shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ()
1Bernhard Langer Germany65-66-68-67=266−18248,535
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland72-66-72-69=279−5165,753
T3Rick Gibson Canada70-71-66-75=282−277,017
Barry Lane England72-69-69-72=282
Tom Pernice Jr. United States78-64-70-70=282
T6Scott Dunlap United States71-73-65-75=284E48,462
Bob Tway United States67-73-68-76=284
T8Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain74-69-74-68=285+135,327
Kirk Triplett United States72-72-71-70=285
T10Russ Cochran United States74-73-67-72=286+228,601
Tom Watson United States74-66-69-77=286

Source:[2][3]
Amateurs: Lutz (+11), Zahringer (+13)

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444435434443543445
Langer−14−15−16−15−15−16−17−17−17−17−16−17−17−17−17−17−17−18
Montgomerie−3−2−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−5
Gibson−6−6−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−3−3−2−1−2
Lane−3−3−2−2−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−1−1−2
Pernice Jr.−1−1E+1E−1−1−1E−1EEEEEE−1−2
Dunlap−3−3−3−2−3−4−3−3−3−2−1+1EEEEEE
Tway−4−5−2−2−3−4−2−2−1−1−1−1−1+1+1+1+1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[2]

Notes and references

Preceded by
2014 Senior Players Championship
Senior Major Championships Succeeded by
2015 Regions Tradition

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